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Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoopes is all smiles as he congratulates offensive linesman Gabe Ikard (64) in the waning moments of the fourth quarter of the Red River Rivalry at the Cotton Bowl, Saturday, October 13, 2012. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)

Let’s take a leap here and assume any defensive lineman (or linebacker or safety for that matter) Oklahoma center Gabe Ikard faces this season won’t have the superstar caliber of Lebron James.

But even if James himself lined up opposite of Ikard, the senior wouldn’t go in entirely flat-footed should a trash talk battle outbreak.

Not following?

Well, apparently back in February, Ikard, an Oklahoma City native who sits courtside at most Thunder games, engaged in some friendly (or possibly not so friendly) back-and-forth with James when the Miami Heat were in town, according to the Daily Oklahoman.

After the game, James — who scored 39 points and grabbed 12 rebounds that night — talked about the then-anonymous Oklahoma City fan.

“He told me to shoot it,” LeBron said of the courtside fan to reporters. “He said, ‘Shoot it, you can’t shoot.’ So I said OK. So I shot it.”

Ikard wouldn’t delve into what James said back to him, but he offered this: “It wouldn’t be played on the Disney Channel.”

“It was fun,” Ikard told The Oklahoman. “He enjoyed it; I enjoyed it. He got the upper hand. So he went ahead and let me know about it.”

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